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I UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFIcE.

RICHARD HAMILTON AND- JOHN G. LEWIS, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI; SAIDHAMILTON ASSIGNOR TO SAID LEWIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,190, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed September 29, 1891. Serial No. 407.173. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, RICHARD HAMILTON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and JOHN G. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing atJefferson City, in the county of Cole, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garments and Patterns Therefor,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This'invention relates to garments such as trousers, overalls, drawers,&c., and patterns for the same.

The objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafterdescribed, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the pattern forone-half of a garment.

Fig. 2 is a plan of one-half of the crotch-piece,

and Fig. 3 is a plan of a garment formed of the patterns shown in Figs.1 and 2.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the views.

A represents the pattern for the front A and back A of the leg and thefront A and back A of the body or seat portion of the garment. To makeroom for the thigh of the leg, a slit is cut into the goods from the topdownward and extending from said top at A below the required height ofthe crotch to any desired distanceas, for example, to the point A. A V Ais cut in the front and in the edges of the slit A A forming the pointsor angles B O D. The slit A A may be either straight or curved, so as tothrow the point D over toward the back portion of the pattern to givethe width of the front required.

E, Fig. 2, represents one-halfof the crotchpiece, which is substantiallytriangular with one side curved. This curved side E is joined to thesimilar. side of a companion piece and forms the central seam F. of thecrotch, as clearly shown ,in Fig. 3. 'In this figure of the drawings thefront ply of the garment is drawn down soas to'show the crotch-piece asa whole. The point X would be the lowest point of the crotch-seam if thefront and back flies of the garment were matched at the top. The longside E of each crotch-piece is joined to the back from the point A toabout the point A along the slit A A, while the shorter sides F. arejoined to the opposite edges of the slit and seamed thereto, as shown atE, Fig. 3. The portion between the points A, B, and O of each half ofthe garment is folded upon itself to form the t1 y or button stand oneach portion of the front, respectively. The side edges F are stitchedtogether to form the outseani of each leg. By slitting the goods fromthe top downward. we leave the lower portion integral, so as to producea leg which is seamless upon its inner side, thus contributing greatlyto economy in manufacture in that the usual overlap required in theseam, in addition to the labor involved in forming the seam, is avoided.By inserting a crotch-piece in the slit thus formed we are enabled togive the desired fullness over the thigh, and this can be accomplishedreadily and at the same time renders possible the utilization of smallpieces, which otherwise might be cast aside as waste. By throwing thepoint D in toward the back portion A which occurs when the slit iscurved, as above described, fullness is provided for dress in the frontof the garment.

Itis apparent that an economical application of the pattern to the goodswould involve the placing of the straighter line F in line with the edgeof the goods and then at such a distance from such edge as is determinedby the measurement the downward slit is formed and is extended adistance below the central or lowest point of the crotch in accordancewith the measurement of the thigh, which also governs the size of thecrotch-piece which is to be inserted. WVhat we'claim is 1. A pattern forgarments of the class described without inseam, having bottom and toplines and sidelines adapted to determine the outsearn of the leg andbody and having an intermediate slit from, the top line down to andbelow the center or lowest point of the crotch,substantially asspecified,

2. A garment of the class described having legs without inseam, anintegral fly piece, In testimony whereof We affix our signatures and acontinuous seam extending from points in presence of two Witnesses.

on both legs in the rear of the garment above RICHARD HAMILTON. theknee-line to the bottom of the fiy, and a JOHN G. LEWIS.

5 crotch-piece joined in part along said seams \Vitnesses:

and on opposite edges of the seat portion of W. M. TODD,

the garment, as set forth. C. B. SIMCOE.

